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Chapter 182 - The Opera House

"What?" Conan was shocked, and then his expression became very bad. "Professor Moriarty..."

Halfway through speaking, Conan suddenly remembered that his food and accommodation seemed to be provided by Professor Moriarty, and he remained silent with anger.

"What you mean," Moriran responded at this time. "This message is Professor Moriarty asked Jack the Ripper to assassinate Erin Adler on the stage?"

"Yes." Qianyu nodded.

"That..." Zhu Xinghongshu interrupted them. "Who is Erin Adler?"

"I remember it was the boss in the Bohemia scandal," Qianyu replied. "It was the only woman who defeated Sherlock Holmes."

"At the same time, she is also the only woman with special emotions in her life - although it is not love, she is already the only woman who can leave a deep impression on him," Conan added. "In the Bohemia scandal case, a king commissioned Holmes to take back the photo of the two in Erin Adler's hand, but Holmes was instead put on a walk by Erin Adler. Then, Erin Adler promised to use the photo only for self-defense rather than revenge, and left a photo of her night dress. When the king planned to give Sherlock Holmes an emerald ring as a reward, Holmes refused and asked the king for the photo of Erin Adler. The original text mentioned that in Holmes' heart, Erin Adler's talent and beauty made other women look down on her face."

"What should we do?" Zhu Xinghongshu asked.

"Let's go and persuade Erin Adler first and try to make her give up the performance..." Conan also felt very tricky. "If you can't persuade him... then take a look."

At this moment, Qian Yu seemed to have thought of something and suddenly started looking for the newspaper and asked. "Does anyone know when Erin Adler's performance start?"

"Eight o'clock in the evening!" said the front desk staff who sold the newspaper to him - it seemed that he was a fan of Erin Adler, otherwise he would never have been so clear.

"That's good..." Qian Yu's mouth curled up slightly.

After dinner, Qianyu left alone, leaving such a note.

"See you outside the Opera House at 7:50 pm. If you don't meet you, I will go back to the poker club."

"This guy..." Conan's mouth twitched. "At this time..."

"Do we need to get him back?" Xiaolan asked with some concern. "This is London, it's very dangerous..."

"It's too difficult to find him, let's not worry about him for now." Ai Haibara, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said - she hadn't spoken much before, because as long as there was communication within the team, Chiyu was usually involved, and she didn't want to communicate with Chiyu.

"That's all," Conan shrugged. "I'll go out and investigate the previous cases of Jack the Ripper. I'll come back at around half past six, and you'll wait for me here."

"The area where Jack the Ripper committed the crime is far away," Muri Ran worried. "Can you come back in time?"

"I walked to Baker Street yesterday because it was late at night, but now it's daytime," Conan smiled and took out a bill. "There is a subway to take!"

"Is there a subway in this era?" Zhu Xinghongshu said in surprise.

"The London Underground is the earliest subway system in the world. Its Metropolitan Line started construction in 1856 and completed in 1863. There is also a subway station on White Church," Conan explained.

...

At 7pm, London in September had completely sunk into darkness. (The sun set in London at the end of September was about 5pm, and it was already two hours later, and it was already completely dark.)

Conan took a bouquet of flowers bought from the street and took everyone to the back door of the opera house.

"I, Sister Xiaolan, Haibara, and Hiroshi Zhu, went in," Conan told everyone. "You are waiting for us outside."

"Why can't we get in?" Yuan Tai asked.

"We are going to come in and see her as Erin Adler's friend," Conan spreads his hands. "If this is not the case, we will not see her at all. In order to make our statement more credible, we cannot bring too many people in. We won't go in for too long, just wait for us here."

Everyone else nodded, expressing their acceptance of Conan's statement.

Conan walked into the back door of the opera house through the back door with the three most reliable people that he could find.

"Hey, who are you?" As soon as they walked in, an uncle found them. "This is the backstage, and no one can come in except for the relevant personnel!"

"We are friends of Miss Erin Adler," said Moriran with a smile. "I want to cheer her up before her game!"

"You are Miss Adler's friends!" The uncle's face immediately turned cloudy and clear.

"Yes!" Conan smiled and showed the flowers in his hand to the uncle. "Where is the lounge?"

"It's right inside," the uncle didn't doubt Conan and the others at all. "That room with the poster is just!"

"This level of alert is simply a mess..." Conan said helplessly while walking along the passage towards the room where Erin Adler is. "Although it is indeed convenient for us to come in, if Jack the Ripper is willing, it would probably be too late."

At the farthest end of the view, a room with a poster is clearly visible.

Ran Mouri came to the door and knocked on the door.

"Please come in!" Erin Adler's approval voice came from inside, but this voice made Conan and Moriran's eyebrows jump.

This sound...is a bit familiar...

When she opened the door, she saw a woman standing up from her seat. When she turned around, Conan and Ran Mouri both found themselves meeting acquaintances.

"Shinichi's mother?" Ran Mori blurted out because this woman looks exactly the same as Yukiko Kudo!

"It's so rude! I'm single!" Erin Adler pouted, but then showed a playful expression. "The correct statement should be that he was single after the divorce~"

"This is the bouquet given to you by Mr. Holmes!" Conan handed the flower to Erin Adler.

"Where is he?" Erin Adler took the flower and asked casually.

"Mr. Sherlock Holmes was looking forward to the performance tonight," replied Ran Maori. "But because of the case, he could not come in person."

After saying this, Ran Maori herself was in a daze - because the second half of the sentence she said suddenly reminded her of a long-lost figure.
Chapter completed!
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